With the influx of fresh initiatives by the government there is a renewed focus on infrastructure development which offers big opportunities of growth for the concrete equipment industry. EQUIPMENT INDIA tracks the development in batching plants.

Ajax Fiori recently rolled out the 5,000th machine from its Doddaballapur facility in Bengaluru. This milestone was achieved when it delivered the self loading concrete mixer, ARGO 2000 to V Gopi, a PWD contractor from Chikmagalur, Karnataka.

Despite the economic slowdown and contrary to initial apprehensions from the major stakeholders, Excon 2013 turned out to be a success, with OEMs and aggregate and components manufacturers launching a new range of machines and components, and some of them even announcing further investment to augment capacity, in order to meet the expected demand spurt in the coming years.